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Sighting of Mount Gambier, Mount Schank, Cape Northumberland and Cape Banks : 02-December-
Sighting of Mount Gambier, Mount Schank, Cape Northumberland and Cape Banks : 02-December-

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The memorial commemorates the bicentenary of the sighting and naming of Mount Gambier, Mount Schank, Cape Northumberland and Cape Banks in 1800 by Lieutenant James Grant.

Grant recorded that at daybreak on 3 December 1800, he saw an appearance of land like unconnected islands, being four in number, which on our nearer approach turned out to be two Capes and two high mountains a considerable way in shore....both are covered in large trees, as is also the land which is low and flat, as far as the eye can reach. He named the first of these mountains after Captain Schank, and the other Gambier's Mountain. The first Cape he called Northumberland, after his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, and another smaller but very conspicuous jut of the land, which he plainly saw when abreast of Cape Northumberland, he named Cape Banks.

Location

Address:Elliott Drive, Mount Gambier, 5290
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.843097
Long: 140.759903
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Exploration
Actual Event Start Date:03-December-1800
Actual Event End Date:03-December-2000

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:2000
Front Inscription

In Commemoration Of The Bicentenary
Of The Sighting And Naming Of

Mount Gambier, Mount Schan[c]k,
Cape Northumberland And Cape Banks

On December 3rd, 1800

By Lieutenant James Grant
Commanding HMS Lady Nelson

 

 

Source: MA
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